The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 PM
4:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2798
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 20.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.04° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.28° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.